National standards for urology needed as demand for procedures climbs
As wait times for these specialists increase, the feds can incentivize new urological graduates to practice in under-served communities, and provide more physician and registered nursing training.
A prescription for progress: boosting Canada’s family doctors by 50 per cent
One of the key drivers of the primary care crisis is our failure to fully use the skills of internationally trained physicians already living in Canada.
Could the House’s procedural impasse set the stage for a federal election?
Expert warns of an ‘accidental election’ if parties don’t budge in the current political stalemate, as Conservatives filibuster House proceedings and the Bloc Québécois sticks to its OAS ultimatum.
Q&A | What the heck is HERC, with Mark Holland
‘We’re putting wheels on it right now,’ says Health Minister Mark Holland of Health Emergency Readiness Canada, newly launched to co-ordinate efforts ‘to build up life sciences capacity in advance of a pandemic.’
Mental Health Policy Briefing
Perinatal mental health strategy is a critical step
Let’s commit to women’s mental health, and invest in the future of Canadians.
Linking the affordability crisis and mental health requires ‘transformative change’ in health care, say critics and experts
The affordability crisis has exposed Canada’s mental health-care system as being “behind a paywall,” according to the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Sarah Kennell.
Looking to the future of Canadians’ mental health
As meagre as funding has been for health research in general, the situation for research into mental health is much worse.
Fact check: 2023 bilateral investments in mental health care less than half of what feds claim
Too often, governments use rote messaging about money as a cudgel to shut down innovations that the mental health sector can offer.
Governments must remove barriers to improve access to mental health and substance use services
Now is the time to take action to support the mental and substance use health of Canadians.
